JUNE 7TH, 1972-Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in 1771.

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JUNE 7TH, 1972

Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in 1771.

JUNE 7TH, 1816

A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston MA.

JUNE 6TH, 1816

The temperature reached 92 degrees at Salem MA during an early heat wave, but then plunged 49 degrees in 24 hours to commence the famous "year without a summer".

JUNE 6TH, 1894

One of the greatest floods in U.S. history occurred as the Williamette River overflowed to inundate half of the business district of Portland OR.

JUNE 5TH, 1916

A tornado struck the town of Warren AR killing 83 persons. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas.

JUNE 5TH, 1859

Frost was reported from Iowa to New England. The temperature dipped to 25 degrees in New York State, and up to two inches of snow blanketed Ohio. The cold and snow damaged the wheat crop.

JUNE 4TH, 1825

A hurricane struck Long Island NY leveling trees and causing damage to ships. The early season hurricane, which originated around Cuba, caused major damage along the Atlantic coast from Charleston SC to New York City. Many were lost at sea.

JUNE 4TH, 1982

A four day storm began over New England which produced up to 14 inches of rain in southern Connecticut breaching twenty-three dams and breaking two others. Damage was estimated at more than 276 million dollars.

JUNE 3RD, 1860

For nine hours between 4 p.m. and 1 a.m., the next day, the Comanche Tornado slices a savage swath of destruction from Cedar Rapids, IA to Van Buren County, MI; the town of Comanche, IA is destroyed and 175 people killed. (Possibly longest living tornado on record; but not verified due to it not being known if its surface contact was uninterrupted or if more than one twister was involved.)

JUNE 3RD, 1959

Thunderstorms in northwestern Kansas produced up to eighteen inches of hail near Salden during the early evening. Crops were completely destroyed, and total damage from the storm was about half a million dollars. Hail fell for a record eighty-five minutes. The temperature dropped from near 80 degrees prior to the storm to 38 degrees at the height of the storm.

JUNE 2ND, 1889

A great flood on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. took out a span of Long Bridge, and flooded streets near the river. The flood stage reached was not again equalled until 1936.

Wind Advisory

Issued By

NWS Field Office

Broadcast Time

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:43:00 PST

Issuing Time

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:43:00 PST

Valid Until

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:43:00 PST

Strong northerly winds are forecast to develop across the San Francisco Bay Area by midday
Tuesday and continue through midday Wednesday. A strong..cold and dry storm system will
sweep into northern and central California late Monday night and Tuesday morning. This
system will generate strong and gusty north to northest winds across the region from
midday Tuesday through midday Wednesday.